From Underdog to Overlord
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About From Underdog to Overlord
From Underdog to Overlord is a vertical micro-drama available on NetShort only. Despised as a useless matrilocal son-in-law, Cayden is pressured by his wife's ambitious family to divorce, completely unaware that the Nightmount Sect's Supreme Elder has just identified him as a legendary martial genius. Its genres are Revenge, Fantasy, Family and Action. Divorce, face-slapping and hidden powers are among its 7 tagged tropes. It is set in Nightmount Sect, in a historical setting. NetShort showed 5,800 likes on Oct 30, 2026.
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- NetShort5,800 likes · 30K saves · as shown Nov 6, 2026
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The story
Despised as a useless matrilocal son-in-law, Cayden is pressured by his wife's ambitious family to divorce, completely unaware that the Nightmount Sect's Supreme Elder has just identified him as a legendary martial genius.
A street brawl erupts as an enraged customer attacks an eccentric elder over fake medicine, drawing Cayden into a humiliating confrontation.
Rise from an underestimated, bullied son-in-law to an almighty martial prodigy who vindicates his loyal wife and crushes his arrogant in-laws.
- Setting
- Nightmount Sect · martial arts sect and aristocratic clan · historical
- Lead
- son-in-law secret master, mocked and despised as a useless live-in husband
- Antagonist
- snobbish patriarch and scheming relatives (father-in-law and brothers-in-law)
- Hook
- violence
- Tone
- melodramatic, tense
- Audience
- male gaze, young adult
- Language
- Mandarin
- Content
- violence, bullying humiliation
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- What is From Underdog to Overlord about?
- Despised as a useless matrilocal son-in-law, Cayden is pressured by his wife's ambitious family to divorce, completely unaware that the Nightmount Sect's Supreme Elder has just identified him as a legendary martial genius. It is set in Nightmount Sect.
- Which app has From Underdog to Overlord?
- It is available on NetShort only.
- Is From Underdog to Overlord free to watch?
- Not yet known for this title. NetShort unlocks episodes with coins; the number of free episodes has not been recorded yet.
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